blog GAMIL: an insider look at design » Spranq http://www.gamil.com elements of inspiration and moments of distraction from a small design firm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Be eco-friendly…with your font! http://www.gamil.com/2009/01/07/be-eco-friendlywith-your-font/ http://www.gamil.com/2009/01/07/be-eco-friendlywith-your-font/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:31:00 +0000 beth http://gamil.com/?p=1100 Maybe your printer’s toner cartridges are recyclable. Fortunately ours are. But regardless of that, we use a lot of unfriendly ink, and it costs a lot too! Always at the forefront of green efforts, the Dutch, and more specifically, a company called Spranq, created an eco-friendly font called Ecofont. Because there are holes pervading each letter (originally based off of Vera Sans), the font uses 20% less ink than standard fonts. It’s a free download too! Now, if I can think of something to use it for beyond the sterotyped movie marquis type, I’ll be golden (and green)!

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